Head to head · Asana

Asana vs Vikunja in 2026: what each costs, what moves, and who switched

Moving from Asana to Vikunja: what Vikunja's importer carries over and 1 public account of the switch, plus how to leave Asana. Every item links its source.

Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Results marked Tested by Stackcut are Stackcut's own test, not a customer. Every price links the page it came from.

The short answer

  • Vikunja's community migration guide moves 1 partly. What moves
  • 1 public account of making this switch: 1 evaluated. Read them

What Asana and Vikunja cost

List prices from each vendor's pricing page, as stored in the Stackcut catalog. Each price links its source.

PlanBilled monthlyBilled yearly (per month)What you get
Asana Starter$13.49/user/mo$10.99/user/moNo user seat limit; timeline and Gantt, workflow builder, forms, reporting; includes AI Teammates requests
Asana Advanced$30.49/user/mo$24.99/user/moPortfolios, goals, approvals and advanced reporting; more AI requests
  • Asana free plan: Personal: free forever for 2 users (up to 2 seats per project and team); unlimited projects and tasks; no timeline/Gantt, workflow builder, automation rules, dashboards, forms or advanced search help.asana.com

Vikunja's plans aren't in the Stackcut catalog yet; check Vikunja's own site.

Moving from Asana to Vikunja

What Vikunja's importer carries over, what it leaves behind, and any help it offers switchers.

To Vikunja

Community guide portalzine.de · Tools: Custom PHP importer (author-built), Asana API / Vikunja API

Moves: Asana tasks/projects (partial). portalzine.de

Watch out for:

  • No native Asana importer; plan on writing or adopting a custom script portalzine.de

From each destination's own migration docs and switching pages, plus community write-ups where no official guide exists, each checked against its page. Confirm terms on the linked page before you rely on an offer.

People who moved from Asana to Vikunja

1 public accounts of leaving Asana: 1 evaluated. Summaries are ours; each links the original, and each was checked against its page before it appeared here.

Evaluated to Vikunja · Sep 2025 · Blog author evaluating self-hosted Asana alternatives; prioritizes data privacy, control and customization.

An independent reviewer who ran Vikunja locally for about a year rates it a really solid self-hosted option with a clean layout, but found Asana migration support very limited and ended up writing a custom PHP importer. portalZINE

FAQ

Can I move my Asana data to Vikunja?

Vikunja's community guide moves: Asana tasks/projects. portalzine.de

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